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Indonesia's problem of trademark piracy has reared its head again. This time, DC Comics lost a recovation case against Marxing Fam Makmur‘s SUPERMAN trademark.

Regulation 07 specifically regulates the franchising partnerships of Food and Beverages Services Business Activities.

The Procedure for the Certification of Good Manufacturing Practices will ensure compliance with processed food standards.

As seen from the many regulations issued since the declaration of COVID-19 as a public health emergency, the Indonesian government ...

Vaccine candidates for Covid-19 are at the forefront of the news. A proposal by India and South Africa for the World Trade Organization (WTO)

There is no prohibition against background checks on applicants. Employers in Indonesia can perform background checks on applicants themselves using publicly available information or by using a third-party service.

The Indonesian Ministry of Industry plans to issue a new regulation on the calculation of local content for pharmaceutical products.

The Indonesian Ministry of Industry plans to issue a new regulation for the calculation of local content for pharmaceutical products.

The arrival of Covid-19 has placed health systems in countries around the world under a significant strain.

Indonesia’s Halal Product Assurance Agency (BPJPH) has issued new regulations establishing clearer procedures for imposing administrative sanctions on businesses that violate halal product assurance requirements.

Indonesia’s Constitutional Court (Mahkamah Konstitusi) has reinstated a key provision limiting pharmaceutical patent protection, signaling a renewed commitment to balancing patent rights with public access to medicines. In its ruling to Case No. 255/PUU-XXIII/2025, the court partially granted a petition for judicial review of Law No. 65 of 2024, which had amended the country’s Patent Law, and ordered the restoration of a provision that had excluded certain pharmaceutical inventions from patentability.

Indonesia's National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM) has issued a regulation to amend the country's food labeling regulations by instituting various additional restrictions and providing additional clarity on food labeling requirements...

On June 30, 2026, Indonesia’s National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM) issued BPOM Regulation No. 11 of 2026 on Food Packaging, which expands the list of approved food-contact substances and recognizes a broader range of permissible functions for those substances. The new regulation, which revokes BPOM Regulation No. 20 of 2019, reflects developments in packaging technology and materials science.

To strengthen the national health system, the Indonesian Government issued Law No. 17 of 2023 regarding Health on August 8, 2023. Known as the Omnibus Health Law...

The Indonesian Food and Drug Administration (BPOM) has introduced more stringent oversight of health supplements containing probiotics with new guidelines that require clinical trials for certain products and expanded documentation standards.

(10 November 2020) Indonesia's closely watched omnibus jobs creation bill recently became law. The stated aim of Law No. 11 Year 2020 on Jobs Creation (the "Omnibus Law")...

A note by Kin Wah Chow on how to get second medical use claims through; and on enforcement of Swiss-type claims.